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President Bola Tinubu said the attackers were militants from Ansaru, a Boko Haram splinter group known to operate in central Nigeria, extending into the southwest.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

The Wall Street Journal spoke to heads of government, their ministers and top aides to reconstruct the closed-door meetings where the alliance began to splinter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

That threat could be a pathogen inside the body or something as simple as a splinter.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

As the Beatles began to splinter, Spitz writes, the Stones sharpened their focus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

Right after, a white splinter came crashing down from the sky, punc­turing the water.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Navigating around the crater, Al-Ahmad trudged into the blown-out remains of the hall, his feet crunching on an underbrush of glass, wood splinters and insulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

Speak the speech, I pray you, but not in such a way that splinters the overall story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

They broke their ashwood spears to splinters, but both stayed in the saddle, and the horses stood the shock.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The increasingly splintered ways in which voters seek information, fueled by the rapid changes in technology and media, has kept political campaign strategists on their toes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Despite a concluding chapter that struggles to make these storylines converge, “Now I Surrender” remains frustratingly splintered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Instead, after the region won independence from Spain in the early 19th century, it splintered into almost three dozen states of varying commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

One thing to be said for the splintered families of three new novels is that being dysfunctional is better than being nonfunctional—at least an effort is being made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

He turned back to the keyhole before him, where Mr. Desanti, the ninth-grade math teacher, had tried to force his key into the lock and splintered the toothpick deep into the cylinders.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Instead, the middle class is splintering along generational lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

“Or you get chaos and splintering and regionalization,” Ratney said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Price’s thesis is simple, but unsettling: modern digital life — especially social media — is turbocharging our anxieties and splintering our attention spans, making what she calls “True Fun” feel increasingly elusive.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025

The sounds of distant cannon fire reached them, but there was no splintering of wood, no splash of iron in the water.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee